About Mastercard

The BD Manager is a quota-carrying, revenue-producing role responsible for building and scaling the partnership motion across Mastercard Services.

Excerpted from one of Mastercard's open partner manager postings.

Compensation Context

This company's median disclosed compensation for mid partner roles is $144K. The national median for mid partner manager roles in our dataset is $110K, meaning Mastercard posts roughly 31 percent above the national median for this seniority.

For the full seniority-by-seniority comparison, see our state of partner manager compensation analysis.

Seniority Mix

Open partner roles at Mastercard span the mid, director and vp bands (mid (3), director (2), vp (3)). The seniority breakdown shapes whether the company is building a partner org (more director-and-above hiring) or staffing it out (more mid-level hiring).

Partner Program Signals

Structural signals extracted from this company's open partner job descriptions:

  • Channel: Indirect revenue motion through resellers, distributors, MSPs, or referral partners.
  • Enterprise: Enterprise segment focus, typical deal size in the $100K+ range.
  • Mid Market: Mid-market segment focus.
  • North America: North America regional focus.
  • Long: Long sales cycle, multi-quarter or longer.
  • Equity: Equity compensation is part of the package.

Where They Hire

Open partner postings appear in the following locations:

  • Purchase, NY (2)
  • Chicago, IL, US (1)
  • Arlington, VA (1)
  • Chicago, IL (1)
  • San Francisco, CA (1)
  • Miami, FL, US (1)
  • Seattle, WA (1)

Open Partner Manager Roles at Mastercard

Title Location Salary Range Seniority
Director, Strategic Partnership Sales, Media Solutions Purchase, NY Not disclosed Director
Director, U.S. Mid-Market, Partnerships & AI Innovation Arlington, VA Not disclosed Director
Manager, Business Development - Platform Partnerships Miami, FL, US Not disclosed Mid
Manager, Partner Success Chicago, IL, US $118K - $171K Mid
Partnership Sales Manager, Data and Media Solutions Chicago, IL Not disclosed Mid
Vice President, Global Partner Marketing, Mastercard Services Seattle, WA Not disclosed VP
Vice President, Partnerships - Security Solutions (GSIs) San Francisco, CA Not disclosed VP
Vice President, Partnerships - Security Solutions (Tech Alliances) Purchase, NY Not disclosed VP

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